Handle for caskets and other articles.



E. R. SARGENT. HANDLE FOR GASKETS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.,

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EDWARD R. SARGrENT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SARG-ENT & COM- PANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE FOR GASKETS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1909. Serial No. 497,723.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARGENT, of the city and county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Handles for Caskets and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part thereof.

This invention relates to handles for caskets and other articles, and has for its object the production of a simple and efficient handle. To this end the arm which connects the handle bar or gripping portion to the socket is provided with a reinforcing plate or member of peculiar construction adapted to be secured within the socket plate.

A novel and efficient method of securing the reinforcing plate within the socket plate is another feature of this invention, and the construction of the arm in its relation to the handle bar is a third feature thereof.

To these and other ends the invention consists of the several improvements and combinations of parts set forth and claimed hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front View in elevation of a socket plate, its depending arm, and a portion of the handle bar, illustrating the invention, Fig. 2, a view of the similar parts reversed, Fig. 8, a vertical transverse central section on line 3-3 of Fig 1, Fig. 4, a similar view with the arm in its raised position, Fig. 5, a similar view through the socket plate alone, and Fig. 6, a perspective view in detail of the reinforcing plate.

In all figures, similar letters of reference represent like parts.

In the drawings the parts designated by the letter A represent a hollow socket plate and B its interior.

G is an opening in the socket plate r through which projects the arm D of the handle.

E designates the handle bar supported by the arm D. The socket plate A may be secured to the casket or other article by means of screws, through screw holes F, or by any suit-able means.

The arm D may be formed of sheet metal having a portion bent U-shaped, as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 4, so that there are two parallel side plates G through out a part of the length of the arm. The side plates G have upward extensions H which are adapted to receive the fulcrum pin I of the arm, and which also have shoulders or stops J. The lower end of the arm is provided with a strip K which is adapted to extend around the handle bar E, and has its extreme end engaged by lugs L on the side plates G of the arm.

The arm D is pivoted to a reinforcing plate M, which is provided with two lateral ears N near its upper end. The fulcrum pin I is adapted to pass through the projections H on the sides G of the arm and the ears N on the reinforcing plate M. The reinforcing plate M is held in place within the socket by means of lugs O in the interior of the socket plate. These lugs project through notches P on the edge of the reinforcing plate and are bent toward each other to hold the reinforcing plate in place. The lower edge R of the reinforcing plate is adapted to rest, as shown more particularly in Figs. 8 and I, on the lower portion of the interior of the socket plate, and the reinforcing plate may be provided with a longitudinally extending bead or rib S to strengthen the plate. By this construction, an arm may be formed up from a piece of sheet metal and secured easily and effectively to the handlebar. The inner end of the arm D is, as described, not pivoted directly to the socket plate, but to the reinforcing plate M, which in turn is readily and securely held by the lugs O of the socket plate against the edges T of the inturned flanges V of the socket plate. The fulcrum pin is thus practically hidden within the interior of the socket plate so that the front of the socket plate may present a neat and well rounded appearance (Fig. 1). The strain of the handle in its operation is communicated by the arm directly to the reinforcing plate, through the fulcrum pin I, and at the same time the stops or shoulders J of the arm are adapted to engage the reinforcing plate to prevent further upward movement of the arm. This last pressure or strain 011 the reinforcing plate is communicated by it to the lower edge of the socket plate, and the socket plate also receives the strain from the reinforcing plate, through its longitudinally projecting lugs or plates 0 (Fig. The construction therefore while a simple one is very effective Patented July 19, 1910.

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and strong which is an important desideratum in handles of this type.

Having now described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In casket handles or similar articles, the combination with the socket plate; of a handle bar; and an arm connecting said plate p 3. In casket handles, or similar articles, the combination with the socket plate; of a reinforcing plate adapted to be secured within said socket plate by means of internal lugs on said socket plate; and an arm pivotally secured to said socket plate, substantially as described.

4;. In casket handles or similar articles, the combination with the socket plate having an opening and inturned flanges at the sides thereof; of a reinforcing plate secured within said socket plate to said inturned flanges; and an arm projecting through said opening and pivoted to said reinforcing plate, substantially as described.

5. In casket handles or similar articles, the combination with the socket plate formed hollow, having inturned edges and an opening; of a reinforcing plate secured within the socket plate and resting on the lower inturned edge below said opening;

and an arm pivoted to said reinforcing plate and having a portion adapted to con tact with said reinforcing plate to limit the upward movement of said arm, substantially as described.

6. In casket handles, or' similar articles, the combination with the socket plate; of a reinforcing plate secured within said socket plate; and an arm pivoted to said reinforcing plate and having edges adapted to contact with opposite sides of said plate to limit the upward movement of said arm, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 15th day of May, 1909.

EDWARD R. SARGENT.

IVitnesses WILLIAM A; Rron, JOHN IL SHAW. 

